Electrical Design Engineer

FormFactor Inc.; Livermore (CA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the semiconductor industry is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to develop innovative probe card designs. The role involves using advanced design tools to meet customer specifications while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have a Master's degree and relevant experience in electrical engineering, focusing on circuit design and production-level board routing. This position offers the flexibility of telecommuting within the U.S.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in related field required.
• 2 years experience as Electrical Engineer or related occupation.
• Experience generating electrical designs and designing multi-layer boards.

Responsibilities

• Utilize custom design tools to produce quality designs.
• Translate customer requirements into electrical designs.
• Interface with customers and vendors for design feedback.

Skills

Impedance

Signal Integrity

Digital Circuit Design

Analog Circuit Design

Technical Documentation

Electrical Performance Improvement

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering

Master’s degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Allegro

AutoCAD

Job description

Employer: FormFactor, Inc.

Position: Electrical Design Engineer (Job code 91991)

Duties

• Utilize custom design tools to process customer requirements and produce quality designs efficiently.
• Translate customer requirements to generate logical design in a production probe card environment, to guide through logical and electrical design rules, and for internal and external physical designers for space transformers.
• Use product specifications and electrical circuit knowledge for the internal design process, design rules, and manufacturing process.
• Responsible for probe card design entry from customer technical specification using schematics and spreadsheet formats.
• Interface with customers and vendors to provide quick turn analysis and feedback results to the Sales and Design teams.
• Work with design and automation groups to define, develop, and improve design tools and design processes.
• Train new employees on the design process, including documentation and on-the-job training.
  
  

Education Required: Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Experience Required: 2 years of experience as Electrical Engineer or related occupation

Special Requirements

• Must have at least 1 year of prior work experience in each of the following:
• Generating electrical designs using concepts including impedance, PDN, signal integrity, and digital/analog circuit design.
• Designing physical routing of different types of signals and plane layers.
• Designing production level multi-layer boards (substrate or PCB) for wafer test probe cards.
• Improving electrical designs using layout commercial design tools: Allegro and AutoCAD along with custom tools.
• Working with SI and PI concepts (insertion loss, return loss, DC, and power impedance) to optimize design layout for electrical performance improvement.
• Translating customer requirements into electrical designs and generating technical documentation for electrical products.
• Choosing components for specific electrical applications and researching alternative components for design improvement.
  
  

Position permits telecommuting: applicant may reside anywhere in U.S. and reports to Livermore, CA office.

Salary: $125,000 to $149,400 per year

Worksite: 7005 Southfront Road, Livermore, CA 94551